Moral | Kınıkoğlu | Pamukkale Attorney Partnership

Founded in 1968.

Being one of the esteemed and independent full-service law firms of Turkey, Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale   enjoys providing legal services to its international and national clients with its dynamic and experienced selective team comprising of 35+ professionals, who have particular knowledge and experience in their own fields. Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale  has two main offices in Istanbul and Izmir.

Industry expertise: With correspondent lawyers in several cities of Turkey, as well as in major countries abroad, Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale  delivers time efficient services and aims to develop a long-term relationship with each client based on deep understanding of the clients’ unique operations, specific needs, and expectations. Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale  has a broad range of national and international clients in various sectors, including but not limited to:

• Automotive
• Agriculture
• Aerospace and defense
• Associations
• Art
• Banks and financial institutions
• Construction and real estate
• FMCG
• Food and entertainment
• Energy and natural resources
• Heavy industry
• Insurance
• Logistics and transportation
• Luxury
• Media and advertising
• Pharmaceuticals and health
• Technology
• Textile and retailing
• Tobacco
• Tourism

Client profile:

• National and international companies, including companies operating in free zones and industrial zones
• Conglomerates
• International law firms
• Banks and financial institutions
• Institutional and individual investors
• Private equity funds
• Private clients

Areas of practice: Banking and finance, competition, compliance, corporate advisory and M&A, capital markets, customs law, cyber security law, data protection, debt recovery, energy law, informatics law, intellectual property law, international contracts and commercial transactions, labor and social security law, litigation and dispute resolution, real estate and construction law.

M&A: Moral is listed among the top ten Turkish law firms in merger market’s legal advisory league tables. The firm’s M&A practice covers local and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, spin-offs, private equity investments, venture capital investments, strategic alliances, compliance and corporate governance and post-M&A disputes. The firm has expertise in acting for both the seller side and buyer side on M&A transactions commencing from due diligence reviews through the closing process; in industries including but not limited to information technology, telecoms, real estate and construction, automotive, automotive sub-industry, sports and entertainment, retail, tourism, food, energy, medical and media. In providing these services the team works closely with tax and financial advisors.

Corporate law: Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale  corporate law team has extensive experience in providing advice on day to day corporate and commercial matters and advises international and national clients. The team possesses a strong legal view harmonized by a business-oriented approach, bringing practical and tailor-made solutions to general corporate issues.  GCs of Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale  corporate retainer clients enjoy the firm’s valuable knowledge of the Turkish legal market, the highest quality of responsiveness, industry-specific experience, and international reporting standards.

Litigation and alternative dispute resolution: Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale ’s corporate law team has extensive experience in providing advice on day to day corporate and commercial matters and advises international and national clients. The team possesses a strong legal view harmonized by a business-oriented’ litigation and dispute resolution team is one of the well-regarded teams in Turkey providing services to domestic and international clients as claimants and defendants and help highly reputable conglomerates and companies resolve disputes efficiently and effectively.  Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale's team is proud of its protective legal assistance in managing potential disputes via its risk management and mitigation system. GCs of conglomerates and well-regarded national and international companies are delighted with Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale' s tailor-made services and live reporting system and happy to see decreasing numbers in their litigation files. The team provides expert knowledge and has extensive experience in corporate and post-M&A related, institutional investor-related; commercial, consumer protection, intellectual property, real estate, employment, and tax related disputes.

Compliance: Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale's compliance team provides business -oriented alerts and advice with great foresight regarding regulatory developments to prevent the hampering effect of legal regulations on commercial operations.

The main services provided by the firm’s compliance department are industry-specific legal compliance, compliance to e-commerce and data protection laws and regulations, and management of corporate governance procedures.

The compliance department is specifically assertive in sector-specific regulations such as technology, pharmaceuticals and health, agriculture, automotive, tobacco, energy and natural resources, free zones.

Labor and social security: Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale’s labor and social security law team offers full scale legal services in the field of employment and provides preventive advice to its clients. The team’s hands on approach and alerting system on potential disputes regarding employment cases are highly appreciated by GCs. Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale 's services in labor and social security law cover: preventive day to day labor law advice, white-collar crimes, disputes related to compensation and contractual rights; social security; disputes relating to employment periods; definite or indefinite term employment contracts and documents; reviewing HR policy of companies; and obtaining work and residence permits.

IT: Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale 's IT department provides services including but not limited to data protection, international data transfers, cybersecurity, IT due diligence check-in M&As, e-commerce, regulatory and customized compliance. Legal expertise and specialization in the IT industry are blended in Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale's IT team with experience boosted through completed projects.

Real estate and construction: The real estate and construction law team provides expert legal advice to national and international companies, financial institutions and investors. Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale  enjoys advising multi-function construction/ real estate development projects and shopping mall projects all over Turkey and is pleased to work with the leading commercial real estate developers. The team is also experienced in in real estate transactions covering purchase and sale of land, establishing in rem rights such as mortgage and easements, and also in real estate disputes.

Energy: Moral & Kınıkoglu & Pamukkale 's energy law practice covers the following areas: corporate matters; regulatory and compliance; renewable energy investments, mergers and acquisitions; infrastructure projects; project finance, project developments; and dispute resolutions. The firm provides unique services to leading Turkish and international energy companies and conglomerates.